Joana Breidenbach
was born 1965. She lives and works in Berlin. Studies Ethnic Studies, History and History of Art; Research trips to South East Asia, West and South Africa. 1994, Deutsche Dingwelt (Münster) was published. Publications with Ina Zukrigl: Tanz der Kulturen. Kulturelle Identität in einer globalisierten Welt, Munich 1998; "Globalisierung: Kulturschmelze oder neue Pluralität", in: Fremdkörper, Fremde Körper. Katalog zur Ausstellung des Hygiene-Museums Dresden,1999; "Global Masala. Jenseits der 3. Welt", in Jahrbuch 3. Welt, 2000.
Eurozine Articles
In the Prism of the Local
As globalisation takes root, local traditions and forms of life vanish faster than they did before. Simultaneously, we find better ways of reserving those lost traditions. Forms of life are not erased in creolised culture, they take on new and integrating shapes. [more]





